R E S E A R C H &
D E M O N S T R A T E
T R A I N &
S U P P O R T
Highlight the value of organic biodiverse farming practices while testing alternative crops with value-addition potential.
M A R K E T
L I N K A G E S
Buy crops from refugee farmers at fair prices, offering premiums prices for
premium quality
Offer intensive training, extension services and start-up inputs to farmers, focusing on production and post-harvest handling.
O U R
M O D E L
R E I N V E S T
Revenue helps us improve the quality of our services to smallholders farmers and scale into new value-chains and locations.
Create quality and ethically sourced food products.
P R O D U C E
O U T C O M E S
1. S C A L E
Creating of a profitable business case in an underfunded refugee-hosting context to sustain agricultural development interventions and scale into alternative value-chains and locations
3. A F F O R D A B I L I T Y
Improving the availability of safe and nutritious food products within refugee hosting areas, and ensuring the suppliers of raw commodities can afford the product
2. S E L F
R E L I A N C E
Increasing incomes, economic integration and self-reliance for refugee farmers through improved skills in low-tech climate-resilient farming practices and improved market access
4. A G R O - B I O D I V E R S I T Y
Regenerating landscapes in humanitarian contexts through promoting more biodiverse farming systems, shifting the narrative of refugee farmers from degraders to regenerators
4. A B U N D A N C E
T H I N K I N G
Solutions to problems exist within local communities. We should first utilise the local knowledge and resources to guide our development
K E Y P R I N C I P L E S
2. V A L U E T H E
M A R G I N A L I S E D
Invest into marginalised refugee hosting areas where smallholder farmers are respected as free agents with a wealth of knowledge, skills and resources
1. S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y
I S H O L I S T I C
Sustainability is beyond a financial definition and must consider social, economic, political and environmental relations. We must provide fair wages and fair prices; respect the context-specific needs of displaced peoples and smallholder farmers; and acknowlege that as a agribusiness we must ultimately respect our partnership with the land
3. R E S U L T S
D R I V E N
Strategic and operational decision-making is driven by careful experimentation and results, being adaptable based on learnings and respecting our duty to reduce risks to refugee and host community farmers.
Our model is specifically designed to work towards sustainable development goal’s 2.3 (agricultural productivity) and 2.4 (sustainable food production systems).
